Career
He is Jewish. The judo world sometimes speaks with pride of the 1964 American Olympic judo team as consisting of a Jew, an African-American, a Japanese-American, and a Native American (see Nishioka"s book in the references, below). Bregman was the Jew in this grouping. Bregman has continued to be involved in the American judo community, and until recently served as president of the United States Judo Association.
On August 19, 2009, Bregman was promoted to the rank of Kudan by the United States Judo Association.